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Samantha James	I have a question. Is there a difference b/t these 2 things?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 11383 (04/10/2009 7:20 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	This may be a stupid question but I'm bored as hell, anyway. So, I'm a manager and there's a rule that no one can have full meals while at work. Snacks are allowed, however. One of my workers ate a foot long chili dog yesterday at work. I had a little talk with him about it because a foot long chili dog does not fall under the "snack" category. It's a meal, as far as I'm concerned. Well, I brought a foam container to work this morning and one of my workers was saying, not in a rude way at all, that I had brought as much food to work as the chili dog culprit. I have two standard size, not those jumbo joints, blueberry muffins in the container for breakfast. He disagreed that two muffins is different from a foot long chili dog because there is not that much of a difference in terms of total size. And maybe a lot of people would disagree with me. Bottom line is that I would never say something to one of my workers for having a couple muffins at work. I follow the same exact rules they do, so I'm not trying to violate the expectations I hold them to via a couple blueberry muffins. Thoughts?
FUNNYGRLLISA		#1	[-]
Posts: 18598 (04/10/2009 7:23 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Regular sized muffins? Like DD size? They're big.
Samantha James		#2	[-]
Posts: 11384 (04/10/2009 7:31 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	What's DD? Dunkin Donuts? I've maybe never been to a Dunkin Donuts in my life. They're like Hostess cupcake size. Maybe a little bit bigger.
FUNNYGRLLISA		#3	[-]
Posts: 18601 (04/10/2009 7:32 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Oh yeah, dunkin donuts. YOUVE NEVER BEEN THERE IN YOUR LIFE?!
plnktn1		#4	[-]
Posts: 319 (04/10/2009 7:37 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I'm confused. If they're allowed to eat, why should it matter how much was eaten?
bluegrass60062		#5	[-]
Posts: 16411 (04/10/2009 7:46 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	it sounds about the same to me. we used to have a rule you could only eat something you could "pop" in your mouth, like popcorn or nuts. if the point is the amount of time it takes to eat and to clean up the mess, they sound the same.
Heather125		#6	[-]
Posts: 15238 (04/10/2009 7:49 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	What kind of rule is that?
idontknowwhat		#7	[-]
Posts: 7756 (04/10/2009 7:53 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	where the hell do you work that doesnt allow people to eat?
Samantha James		#8	[-]
Posts: 11385 (04/10/2009 7:53 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	FUNNYGRLLISA wrote: Oh yeah, dunkin donuts. YOUVE NEVER BEEN THERE IN YOUR LIFE?! Not that I remember. I may have gone when I was little kid, though. Bluegrass, the point is how it looks to customers. I work at a help desk, so people can't be chowing down on meals. We can only have small things that are considered "snacks." (I like that word, "snacks." Snacks, Snacks. That's a fun word. Snacks.) In my mind, there's a difference between a customer coming up or passing by and seeing you holding up a foot long chili dog to your face with both hands (plus it has a very strong smell ) and having a customer see you eat a bite of muffin off a plastic fork. I don't know, it makes sense to me but I'm weird, so...
LisaChasez		#9	[-]
Posts: 106789 (04/10/2009 7:53 AM) JC Fanatic '03 JC Fanatic '05 Most Loyal *NSYNC Fan '06 Most Outspoken '07 Most Likely To Reply '08 Most Opinionated '09 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	How can you tell people what they can and cannot eat? Are they doing it at work? Or on their break?
Samantha James		#10	[-]
Posts: 11386 (04/10/2009 7:55 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Heather125 wrote: What kind of rule is that? I didn't make the rule. But I do agree with it. IDKW, people can have chips or cookies, etc. Just no meals.
Heather125		#11	[-]
Posts: 15239 (04/10/2009 8:00 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	What I meant is why is there that rule but if you're sitting at a desk where people can see you, I can see why. Do you not get breaks? That just seems weird
MonkeyMonkey85		#12	[-]
Posts: 15967 (04/10/2009 8:01 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I'm confused... I mean.. if I were told I can't have a sandwich but I can have COOKIES AND CHIPS i'd be talking them HR because that right thar ain't right. COOKIES and CHIPS can get you fat.. a healthy sandwich will not! And it's stupid to say what is a meal and what isn't. Everyone is different, where the Fack do you work?
LisaChasez		#13	[-]
Posts: 106791 (04/10/2009 8:01 AM) JC Fanatic '03 JC Fanatic '05 Most Loyal *NSYNC Fan '06 Most Outspoken '07 Most Likely To Reply '08 Most Opinionated '09 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Are they eating at their desks? Are you open to the public?
the lakes slave		#14	[-]
Posts: 61202 (04/10/2009 8:08 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	So are you not allowed to eat meals at all? Or do you mean just not at the desk in front of customers, which makes sense.
Samantha James		#15	[-]
Posts: 11388 (04/10/2009 8:22 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	You know how you go to Target, Walmart, etc and there's a customer service desk? My job is very similar to that. There's one big desk area that customers come to. Only one person works at a time. A better example is the desk you check in at at your doctor's office or at the dentist, eye doctor, etc. So, imagine you go up to the desk when you go to a dentist appointment and the person behind the counter is chowing on a foot long chili dog. Something like pop or chips, cookies, a muffin, etc is not big deal. But people aren't allowed to chill and eat pizza or a burger and fries. When customers come up, it's just not a good look. So, would guys feel differently seeing a receptionist with a muffin as opposed to a big chili dog? As I'm writing this, I'm realizing that even a muffin might be inappropriate. And just FYI: the shifts here are as long or as short as you sign up for. A lot of people come in for 1 hour shifts, for example. So, no one gets breaks because the shifts are so short. There's a rule that they can ask me or my boss if they can be allowed a full meal, if a situation arises where they haven't had a chance to eat prior to work.
Heather125		#16	[-]
Posts: 15243 (04/10/2009 8:24 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well, yeah, obviously I'd rather see someone eating a muffin IMO, if the shift is that short, you should wait to eat anyway!
LisaChasez		#17	[-]
Posts: 106793 (04/10/2009 8:25 AM) JC Fanatic '03 JC Fanatic '05 Most Loyal *NSYNC Fan '06 Most Outspoken '07 Most Likely To Reply '08 Most Opinionated '09 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	If someone is in a job that requires customer service, I believe there should be NO eating. A foot long hot dog is not acceptable. If people can't stand to work a whole hour w/o eating something, they need a new job.
idontknowwhat		#18	[-]
Posts: 7757 (04/10/2009 8:26 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I would prefer a receptionist to be eating a sandwich 100x more than id like to see them scoffing down chips or cookies, or even picking at a muffin.
jenhavins		#19	[-]
Posts: 5235 (04/10/2009 8:28 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	LisaChasez wrote: If someone is in a job that requires customer service, I believe there should be NO eating. A foot long hot dog is not acceptable. If people can't stand to work a whole hour w/o eating something, they need a new job. It looks very unprofessional in a retail setting and it's not very sanitary for the customer.
Jillio19		#20	[-]
Posts: 46046 (04/10/2009 8:32 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	LisaChasez wrote: If someone is in a job that requires customer service, I believe there should be NO eating. A foot long hot dog is not acceptable. If people can't stand to work a whole hour w/o eating something, they need a new job. This. I think it's foul when I walk up to places like that and people are eating. It's incredibly unprofessional.

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